TY - BOOK AU - Cordoni,Constanza TI - Seder Eliyahu: A Narratological Reading T2 - Studia Judaica : Forschungen zur Wissenschaft des Judentums , SN - 9783110529425 AV - BM517.T43 C67 2018 U1 - 296.1/2 23 PY - 2018///] CY - Berlin, Boston : PB - De Gruyter, KW - Erzählforschung KW - Midrasch KW - Rabbinische Literatur KW - Seder Eliyahu KW - RELIGION / Judaism / Theology KW - bisacsh KW - Rabbinic literature KW - midrash KW - narratology N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; Abbreviations of Ancient Sources --; 1. Introduction --; 2. The Voices of Seder Eliyahu --; 3. A Typology of Narrative Forms of Seder Eliyahu --; 4. Parabolical Passages on the Disciples of the Wise --; 5. Men with Scripture but No Mishnah --; 6. Late-Midrashic Stories of Women --; 7. Conclusion --; Bibliography --; Indices; restricted access; Issued also in print N2 - The book is concerned with a so called ethical midrash, Seder Eliyahu (also known as Tanna debe Eliyahu), a post-talmudic work probably composed in the ninth century. It provides a survey of the research on this late midrash followed by five studies of different aspects related to what is designated as the work’s narratology. These include a discussion of the problem of the apparent pseudo-epigraphy of the work and of the multiple voices of the text; a description of the various narrative types which the work, itself as a whole of non-narrative character, makes use of; a detailed treatment of Seder Eliyahu’s parables and most characteristic first person narratives (an extremely unusual form of narrative discourse in rabbinic literature); as well as a final chapter dedicated to selected women stories in this late midrash. As it emerges from the survey in chapter 1 such a narratologically informed study of Seder Eliyahu represents a new approach in the research on a work that is clearly the product of a time of transition in Jewish literature UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110531879 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110531879 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9783110531879/original ER -